Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. He was also responsible for a number of saloons. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ... 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car 1963 Chevrolet Corvette was based upon European sports cars A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ...

Born in Turin, Italy, Michelotti worked for a number of design houses, notably Vignale, before opening his own design studio in Italy. For other uses, see Turin (disambiguation). ... Tatra 613 coupe Vignale - 1969 The Vignale designed Tatra 613-4 Mi Long Model 1995. ...

Standard Triumph

From the late 1950s he was responsible for all new models produced by Standard Triumph, starting with a facelift of the Standard Vanguard and going on to design models for Triumph such as the Herald, Spitfire, GT6, TR4, 2000, 1300, Stag, and Dolomite. He also created a number of prototypes which did not go into production, such as the Fury. The only Triumphs after 1960 that were not his work were the TR6 and the TR7, plus the Honda-based Acclaim. 1927 Standard Nine Selby Tourer 1933 Standard Ten. ... Triumph Logo (1978 version) 1934 Triumph Gloria Six 1937 Triumph Dolomite Roadster 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started... The Standard Vanguard was a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963. ... Triumph Logo (1978 version) 1934 Triumph Gloria Six 1937 Triumph Dolomite Roadster 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started... The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Standard-Triumph Company. ... The Triumph Spitfire was a small British two-seat sports car, introduced in 1962. ... 1968 Triumph GT6 1973 Triumph GT6 1974 Triumph GT6 The GT6 was a 6-cylinder sports coupé built by Standard-Triumph and based on their popular Triumph Spitfire convertible. ... 1962 Triumph TR4 The Triumph TR4 was a sports car built in the United Kingdom by the Standard Triumph Motor Company and introduced in 1961. ... The Triumph 2000 was a mid-sized automobile produced in Coventry by the Triumph Motor Company between 1963 and 1977. ... The Triumph 1300 was a medium/small 4-door saloon car made by Standard Triumph under the control of Leyland Motors. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small–medium-sized four-door saloon car, made by Triumph under the British Leyland organisation. ... The Triumph TR6 (1969–76) was a British sports car and the best-seller of the TR range built by Triumph when production ended in July 1976. ... 1975 Triumph TR7: initially the car was available only as a hard top The Triumph TR7 was a sports car manufactured from September 1974 to October 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company, part of British Leyland, in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... The Triumph Acclaim was a compact automobile made by BL Ltd. ...

British Leyland

After Triumph became a part of British Leyland he undertook a facelift of the BMC 1100 which became the Austin Victoria, and designed the Leyland P76. The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... ADO16 was the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and, later, British Leyland. ... The Austin Victoria is family car which was produced by the Authi subsidiary of the British Leyland Motor Corporation, at its Pamplona plant, between 1972 and 1975. ... The Leyland P76 was a large car produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland. ...

DAF/Volvo

Michelotti also worked with the Dutch firm DAF, starting in 1963 with redesigning the ageing Daffodil 31 model into the Daffodil 32. The DAF 44 (1966) was a completely new design from his hand and he also helped form its derivatives, which culminated in the Volvo 66 (1975). DAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. ... Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... DAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. ... The Volvo 66 was a relabelled DAF 66, a revised car originally styled by Michelotti. ...

Other Manufacturers

For other companies he designed the

• Lancia Aprilia Coupè (1949)
• Maserati Spyder
• Alpine A106 (1955)
• BMW 700 (1959)
• Prince Skyline Sport (1958)
• Armstrong Siddeley (a one off car based on the Sapphire 234 chassis for a Spanish client).
• Reliant Scimitar SS1 (1984) which was his last design to reach production, four years after his death.

Lancia Aprilia (1936 - 1949) were automobiles manufactured by Lancia, one of the first designed using wind tunnel in collaboration with Battista Pininfarina and Politecnico di Torino, achieving a record low drag coefficient of 0. ... This article is about the automobile manufacturer. ... Alpine A110 1600S Alpine was a French manufacturer of racing and sports cars which used rear mounted Renault engines. ... The BMW 700 was a small rear-engined car produced by BMW from 1959 to 1965, based on the BMW 600 (which was based on the Isetta). ... The Nissan Skyline is a mid-size car originally produced by the Japanese automaker Prince Motor Company starting in 1957 and later by Nissan after the two companies merged in 1966. ... The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ... For the jet aero-engine, see Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a large post-war saloon automobile made by the British company of Armstrong Siddeley. ... 1988 Reliant Scimitar SSI 1300 Reliant is a car manufacturer in England. ... Scimitar logo Scimitars are a make of British sports cars by Reliant. ...

External links

• Giovanni Michelotti
• Some Michelotti design studies
• Michelotti studio website
• Italian Wikipedia page